International Students Expectations from Online Education in Chinese Universities: Student-Centered Approach

Abstract

The present study examined the relationships among variables of student-centered learning and online international students’ satisfaction in two distinct universities in China (Jiangsu University and Jiangsu University of Science and Technology) after the advent of COVID-19 pandemic. The total participants for this study were two hundred and fifty (250) international students from the two Chinese universities. The student-centered learning hypothesis were verified through structural equation modeling. The results showed that all the four constructs for student-centered learning- course flexibility, mode of collaboration, environment, and curriculum design, predicted online international students’ satisfaction with proximity and program satisfaction are at a statistically significant level. The results provided an empirical student-centered understanding of online international student expectations. Further, it identifies that the universities’ knowledge of online international students’ expectation may help in designing an online educational campaign to tap into possible desires and decision-making around students in choosing online courses and to prepare students for a progressive online learning experience.

Keywords

• covid-19
• international students
• satisfactions
• student-centered approach